After patches of early morning fog burn off, skies in Oakland County will become mostly sunny as afternoon temperatures on Thanksgiving Day will climb to near 60.

"It's going to be really nice out," said meteorologist Sara Schultz of the National Weather Service office in White Lake Township.

The average high for this time of year is 47 and the low is 33, she said.

However, a low-pressure center with an accompanying cold front will move into the county by late Thursday, she said, dropping overnight temperatures to near 47.

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On Friday, there's a chance of rain showers before 1 p.m. and then a chance thereafter of snow showers, she said. Wind gusts are likely to approach 30 mph. Friday night's low was to be 29.

Snow flurries were to continue Saturday with a high of 34 and low Saturday night of 25.

Partly sunny skies are predicted for Sunday with a high near 38 and a low of 29.

Mostly cloudy skies are likely Monday with a high near 39. A chance of rain and snow showers will move into the region Monday night as temperatures fall again below freezing to 30.

Schultz predicted the winter will be "around normal and not as mild as last year."

The Farmers' Almanac is forecasting "average temperatures, very white and wet" conditions for Michigan residents during the winter of 2012-2013.

"It will mean lots of rain and snow," it said in the winter forecast for the Midwest.

The upcoming winter looks to be cold to very cold for the Northern Plains, parts of the Northern Rockies, and the western Great Lakes.

In contrast, above-normal temperatures are expected across most of the southern and eastern U.S. Near-normal temperatures are expected in the Midwest and Far West, and in southern Florida.

A very active storm track will bring much heavier-than-normal precipitation from the Southern Plains through Tennessee into Ohio, the Great Lakes, and the Northeast. Because of above normal temperatures, much of the precipitation will likely be rain or mixed precipitation, although, during February, some potent East Coast storms could leave heavy snow, albeit of a wet and slushy consistency.

An active Pacific Storm track will guide storm systems into the Pacific Northwest, giving it a wetter-than-normal winter.

Drier-than-normal weather will occur in the Southwest and Southeast corners of the nation.